(linguistics) A language revitalisation programme in which children and non-native speakers acquire the endangered language through immersion in special-purpose locations called 'nests'.

plural of language nest

(linguistics) Synonym of linguistic ecology

(linguistics) Synonym of language shift

(linguistics) Synonym of language shift

(linguistics) the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language

(linguistics) Synonym of language shift

A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use.

A language which has lost its speakers. / A language posited against actual evidence, a merely fancied natural language.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see logical, language. / (rare) A language designed to allow (or enforce) unambiguous statements; a loglang.